Doing something over the top for our daughter...

Would love ideas of doing something really special for our 4 year old daughter, whether its at a restaurant, something delivered to the room, or done at a theme park.

Our daughter was born premature and developmentally was behind so for the past 3 years she's been getting therapy and instruction help from therapists/school district. Well we had a re-evaluation meeting a few days ago where they re-tested her and she tested not only at her age level, but in some areas above it, which means she'll be joining a mainstream kindergarten class in September!!

Well the timing is beyond perfect since we're leaving for Disney in 3 days and DH and I really want to do something special for her. Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! =)

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what's a glass slipper?? i did book a BBB but took her to a manicure/pedicure place with me tonight and she wasn't thrilled with the idea, so i'm feeling unsure about it which is why we're trying to come up with something else that she may enjoy more. i see some cute custom cakes...what's the deal with those if anyone knows??

what's a glass slipper?? i did book a BBB but took her to a manicure/pedicure place with me tonight and she wasn't thrilled with the idea, so i'm feeling unsure about it which is why we're trying to come up with something else that she may enjoy more. i see some cute custom cakes...what's the deal with those if anyone knows??

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Go under the restaurant forum -- there's a WHOLE sticky thread on nothing BUT cakes....

RE: The glass slipper --- if the OP was referring to the dessert, you have to order it ahead of time.... like days ahead... i found that out the hard way!!!

thank you!! =) We're BEYOND proud...I cried throughout the whole meeting and the look on our daughter's face when we told her she graduated was a once in a lifetime moment...then the bittersweet feeling came when we started saying goodbye to everyone.

First of all, Have a GREAT time!!! No matter what you do, she will love it. Some of the things my kids enjoyed at that age (also older!)were:

Crystal Palace- they love Pooh & friends still!

Whipering Canyon Cafe- Be sure to have her ask for ketchup!!!

Pirates league- my DD isn't a girlie girl, so I sent my DD & DS to become
pirates- it's a blast.

Disney Family Magic Tour- they did this at 9 & 10 and loved it. But your daughters age is great to do this. Will be more "real" for her.

They also loved the wake up calls from characters. You can also try to mention something at check in about you celebrating K . My son just LOVES Stitch and for his birthday, Stich had a card and photo signed by him and a balloon sent to the room. My son was never so happy when he opened the door! He enjoyed that over anything I payed a ton of $$$$ for.

you got a little smarty on your hands!!! So glad to hear she's doing wonderful, no doubts she had wonderful parents too!

okay, you gotta do this, I did this when the kids were younger, sometimes I wish they werent so "old", lol.

Anyways, we went on a big family trip, we all stayed at POR...5 families, 5 young ones..so, I got this idea, I shopped for months, lol... I bought disney bags at the dollar stores, one per child, for each night of the stay. I bought all kind of little trinkets to fill the bags for each morning..packed them way to one dedicated suitcase...autograph books, bubbles, disney stuff, glow in the dark stuff, candy, little purses, suglasses... you get the idea...

I typed up letters from "mickey and minnie" from my computer at home and put all the letters in a folder and took them with me, one letter for each bag each morning....

the letters were colorful and even had a signature form mickey and minnie on them (fancy font) and I pasted a lil picture of minnie and mickey too with the signature...each letter addressed the day,

Hello "Susie"
Today is your first day going to the parks, I am so glad your here and I hope I see you soon, etc.....

Love Mickey and Minnie

Hello "Susie"
This is your last night in WDW, I hope you come back soon, etc...
Love Mickey and Minnie

Each morning I was up before the kids and I went to each front door of their rooms and placed their bags with goodies and the letter in each bag (my sister and SIL were aware and I did this when they would call my room and tell me the kids were getting up now). Their parents would pretend to go outside and say, "what is this, Mickey and Minnie bags", well they bolted for the door and thought it was the best thing next to sliced bread..

Everyday they couldnt wait for their parents to open the door to see if Mickey left another surprise....

IT WAS SO FUN!!!!!!!!!! (FOR ME AND THEM)

funny story, my sister's girls get home and their neighbors girls go to disney and when they got back, my sister's girls ask them if mickey and minnie left thier surprise bags at their doors every day..oops.......they asked their mom why my sister's kids got stuff from Mickey????

it was so cute and so fun and so memorable...I bet your little girl will love it!!
Let me know!!!

The glass slipper is about $15.00 it is a special dessert that you call and order before you leave for your trip. It can be delivered to CRT or any restaurant at GF both are a little different- look for more info on the boards including pics of both.

what a great idea Lisa, thank you!!! Not sure if I have the time to do that today, but since I have to hit up Walmart to get my autograph cards, I'll shop around for a bit and see what I can come up with.

Congratulations! I am a special education teacher and have tears in my eyes reading your post! I would highly recommend BBB and a meal in the castle. It is expensive but so magical! My favorite princess meal is in Epcot at the Norway pavillion though. So many princesses at one time! You won't believe the comments she will receive if she is all dressed up after her time at BBB! Everyone will call her "princess" and comment on her hair. I'm sure she would LOVE it!

ONe more thing...it may be too late, but check into the Tomorrowland Dessert Party at Magic Kingdom. It is an up close view of the fireworks while enjoying mini desserts from a huge buffet. LOVE it! You may not be able to get a reservation at this point, but it is special!

I would not do BBB. My 4-year-old niece hated it. The minute they put the salon cape over her in the chair, she associated it with being at the dentist and began crying. She never stopped, despite lots of soothing words and efforts. It was a waste of time and money.

She is 7 now and would love it. But, IMO, 4 is just too young for BBB. She wasn't crazy about the princesses at CRT either. She seemed mostly indifferent to them.

So, no great ideas on what to do --- only advice on what my niece didn't like at that age.

You could go to disneyflorist.com and get something delivered to the room. I think its a great idea to have a special, custom cake delivered to a dinner that you have planned. But your leaving very soon, so I don't know if you will have the time to do that...... Princess dinner of course, and BBB before!! Just have a great time, and be sure to treasure the memories.